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Aluminum sulfate treatment: Short-term effect on complex phosphorus compounds in a eutrophic lake

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Application of aluminum sulfate to the hypolimnion of West Twin Lake, a hardwater eutrophic lake in northeastern Ohio, did not efficiently remove complex phosphorus compounds from the water column. The majority of the complex phosphorus compounds remaining after alum treatment released P04 following brief treatment with alkaline phosphatase.

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  1. David A. Francko

    Present address: Biological Station, Michigan State University Hickory Corners, 49060, MI

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Urban Regionalism, Kent State University, 44242, Kent, OH

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Francko, D.A., Heath, R.T. Aluminum sulfate treatment: Short-term effect on complex phosphorus compounds in a eutrophic lake. Hydrobiologia 78, 125–128 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007585

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